Who knew gravel could be so heavy? PICTURE-heavy, that is... heh heh heh. Small joke there.
Very small.
Anyway, gravel day has come and gone, and I would have to classify it as a complete success. We didn't get all of the dirt back, but we did get the gravel in and the landscape fabric down in all three remaining holes. I also managed to take lots of pictures, so fair warning: there are more picture of holes (and gravel) in this post than you probably really wanted to see all at once.
So, I started off the morning with a trip to, of course, the gravel yard, where I picked up a half-yard of 3/4" drain rock. For those of you who don't know, this is what a half-yard of gravel looks like:
It doesn't really look THAT impressive, I know, but that's still enough weight to make the truck's mudflaps scrape when going around corners or over any bumps.
Anyway, I started with the hole in the driveway, figuring that the sooner we filled that in, the less chance there was of someone falling into it. (I have no idea how that hasn't already happened. Probably because we haven't exactly encouraged visitors over the past few months...)
Here's what it looked like with the greater part of a half-yard of gravel in it:
And of course, with a little landscape fabric on top to keep the crappy-ass clay that passes for soil around here from mixing with that nice clean gravel:
It took another trip to the gravel yard to get enough to fill in the hole on the west side too, but we got that all ready for dirt before we broke for lunch:
Just for reference's sake, the TOP of the perimeter drain is 18" below the top of the gravel.
Finally, the piece de resistance (you'll have to imagine the proper accents over the vowels in that - I'm too lazy to look up the HTML); the big trench in the backyard. Before we get to that, however, let's look at some random factoids:
Anyway, here's a bunch of pictures of the long hole. I really like the way that rubberized sealant set up, by the way. It's very cool stuff.
Oh, and as a very special treat, it's time for a brief edition of everyone's favorite recurring feature...
The Injury Report:
Anyway, we're taking today off to do some shopping, chores, and other stuff. We've earned it.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
More gravel than you can shake a shovel at
Posted by Wm. Don at 10:29 AM
Labels: Digging, Drains, Gravel, Injury Report
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